Supported Programming Interfaces with EXTRA! 6530 Client Option
Technical Note 2284
Last Reviewed 24-Jan-2008
Applies To
EXTRA! 6530 Client Option version 8.0 or higher
Summary
This technical note describes the supported and unsupported programmability features for use with the EXTRA! 6530 Client Option and Tandem hosts.
Tandem Support in EXTRA!
The EXTRA! 6530 Client Option is an add-on product for EXTRA! X-treme that provides emulation support for Tandem hosts. New features were introduced in version 9.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1); see “EXTRA! 6530 Client Option Enhancements” in Technical Note 2257.
Programming Support with Tandem Hosts
To automate repeated tasks, the following information describes supported and unsupported programmability features for use with Tandem 6530 hosts.
- EXTRA! Basic macro scripting is supported. The OLE Automation (COM) API, for accessing the EXTRA! Basic macro platform from external applications, is also supported. For more information, see the EXTRA! Macro Editor help installed with the product (or see “Obtaining and Using the COM Documentation” in Technical Note 2271).
- HLLAPI is not supported for 6530 sessions.
- ActiveX control (OCX file) object interfaces are not officially supported for 6530 sessions.
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